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. 2025 Jan 21;20(1):6. doi: 10.5334/gh.1390

Table 5.

Study outcomes: within group comparisons between first and final visits (missing imputation analyses).


OUTCOME SPIRITUALITY-BASED INTERVENTION GROUP (G1) n = 51 CONTROL GROUP (G2) n = 49


MEAN SD LOWER 95%CI UPPER 95%CI P-VALUE MEAN SD LOWER 95%CI UPPER 95%CI P-VALUE

Office SBP (V2) 121.95 11.67 125.05 13.80

Office SBP (V1) 130.14 15.29 127.93 15.15

Office SBP (V2-V1) –8.19 –11.85 –4.52 < 0.001 –2.88 –7.83 2.07 0.248

Office DBP (V2) 81.09 10.02 82.67 8.40

Office DBP (V1) 79.57 10.92 77.95 8.84

Office DBP (V2-V1) 1.52 –1.01 4.06 0.234 4.72 2.74 6.70 <0.001

Central SBP (V2) 114.11 10.56 114.80 12.15

Central SBP (V1) 117.54 12.91 114.40 12.59

Central SBP (V2-V1) –3.43 –6.88 0.01 0.051 0.40 –3.71 4.52 0.845

Central DBP (V2) 80.86 9.49 80.46 9.02

Central DBP (V1) 81.80 10.60 81.91 9.50

Central DBP (V2-V1) –0.95 –3.32 1.42 0.426 –1.44 –4.35 1.46 0.324

HBPM SBP (V2) 121.79 10.63 123.24 12.44

HBPM SBP (V1) 122.60 10.73 123.28 12.46

HBPM SBP (V2-V1) –0.8 –2.94 1.34 0.455 –0.04 –1.96 1.88 0.965

HBPM DBP (V2) 80.51 9.44 79.90 5.77

HBPM DBP (V1) 80.54 9.50 80.15 7.28

HBPM DBP (V2-V1) –0.03 –1.42 1.37 0.968 –0.25 –1.70 1.21 0.735

PVW (V2) 7.95 1.33 8.45 1.60

PWV (V1) 7.97 1.47 8.30 1.72

PVW (V2-V1) –0.02 –0.17 0.13 0.769 0.15 –0.03 0.32 0.103

FMD (V2) 14.08 6.22 7.10 5.01

FMD (V1) 9.83 5.13 10.15 6.12

FMD (V2-V1) 4.25 1.95 6.56 <0.001 –3.05 –5.46 –0.65 0.014

SD – standard deviation, V1 – initial visit, V2 – final visit, SBP - systolic blood pressure, DBP - diastolic blood pressure, HBPM – home blood pressure measurement, PWV – pulse wave velocity, FMD – flow mediated dilation.